One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon-instead of enjoying the roses blooming outside our own windows today.
~Dale Carnegie
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Categories
- An Afternoon Stroll
- Anne with an 'e'
- Austen Society
- Cozy Cottage
- Domesticities
- In The Still Room
- Little Buds
- Miss Potter
- On The ButtonWillow Bookshelf
- The Cottage Around The Bend
- The Garden Gate
- The Wayside Flower
- Time Away
- Under Rocks And In The Trees
- Upon A Cottage Wall
- Warm Oven Warm Heart
- What Once Was
- Within A Small Dwelling
"Don't refuse to go on an occasional wild goose chase - that's what wild geese are for." ~Author Unknown
- Awake, thou wintry earth - Fling off thy sadness! Fair vernal flowers, laugh forth Your ancient gladness! ~Thomas Blackburn
"I am thankful for a lawn that needs mowing, windows that need cleaning and gutters that need fixing because it means I have a home.... I am thankful for the piles of laundry and ironing because it means my loved ones are nearby." ~Nancie J. Carmody
- "All women are princesses, it is our right." ~Maya, A Little Princess
"In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks."
Gardening is about enjoying the smell of things growing in the soil, getting dirty without feeling guilty, and generally taking the time to soak up a little peace and serenity. ~Lindley Karstens
May 15, 2009
Outside Our Own Window
It's So Good Of You To Pop By!
- It's spring fever. That is what the name of it is. And when you've got it, you want - oh, you don't quite know what it is you do want, but it just fairly makes your heart ache, you want it so! ~Mark Twain
"My characters will have, after a little trouble, all that they desire."
~Jane "Becoming Jane"
"…as nearly perfect a little place as I ever lived in, and such nice old-fashioned people in the village." -Beatrix Potter
A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. ~Chinese Proverb
"The gardener left the hamper by the garden gate, so that the carrier
could pick it up when he passed. Timmy Willie crept in through a hole in
the wicker-work, and after eating some peas--Timmy Willie fell fast
asleep.!"
~The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse
ELINOR: "I do not attempt to deny that I think very highly of him - that I greatly esteem him... I like him." MARIANNE: "Esteem him? Like him? Use those insipid words again and I shall leave the room this instant."
"Tea is drunk to forget the din of the world." ~T'ien Yiheng
Stories don't always end where their authors intended. But there is joy in following them, wherever they take us. ~Beatrix Potter
The spider's touch, how exquisitely fine!
Feels at each thread, and lives along the line.
~Alexander Pope
"There's such a lot of different Annes in me. I sometimes think that is why I'm such a troublesome person. If I was just one Anne it would be ever so much more comfortable but then it wouldn't be half so interesting."
~Anne Shirley
"I’m very fond of men. I think they are wonderful creatures. I love them dearly. But I don’t want to look like one. When women gave up their long skirts, they made a grave error…"
~Tasha Tudor
